“As a motivation —for humans, but Christians especially— guilt is always wrong and can never move them to do anything He wants of them. Never let them realize that.” ReligionChristianityGuiltWrongChristian FictionGrimrack Author:Geoffrey Wood
“The Adversary, of course, simply wants them to lay down their sins, guilt and all, and follow Him. But this type holds on to their sinfulness and their guilt for it, because otherwise, they’d have no relationship with Him at all. And, of course, no relationship can be based on guilt and survive.” ReligionSinChristianityRelationshipGuiltChristian FictionSurviveGrimrack Author:Geoffrey Wood
“Gratitude, not guilt, as motivation is always His starting point, thus guilt as a motivation leads nowhere.” MotivationReligionChristianityGratitudeGuiltChristian FictionGrimrack Author:Geoffrey Wood
“Even if their guilt actually does produce a good action, it will be the saddest good action you’ll ever see, and it will be of no use to them because their goal is not to obey, but to feel less guilty, thus nothing about their souls will be reshaped.” ReligionChristianityGuiltGuiltySoulsChristian FictionGrimrackObey Author:Geoffrey Wood
“If we can keep the Christians thinking of themselves as sinners not sons and daughters, we can make them view their relationship to The Adversary as a negative-sum-game: They fall in a hole, He pulls them out, they fall back in, etc... That way they never get anywhere; they’re always either standing next to a hole or down in it.” ReligionChristianityGuiltChristian FictionGrimrack Author:Geoffrey Wood
“Guilt, if cultivated in a Christian client, can render their Christianity worthless to themselves and others.” ReligionChristianityGuiltWorthlessChristian FictionGrimrack Author:Geoffrey Wood
“It seems The Adversary needs neither their guilt nor their request, but simply their return. In other words, since repentance is the process whereby guilt is turned into gratitude, He doesn’t mind if they skip a step and go directly to gratitude.” ReligionChristianityGratitudeGuiltRepentanceChristian FictionGrimrack Author:Geoffrey Wood
“Their guilt plus their repentance should have equalled forgiveness. But they don’t feel forgiven, so they failed, which makes them feel guilty, which was why they repented in the first place, so they’re stuck right where they started: Guilty.” GodReligionChristianityGuiltGuiltyRepentanceForgivenChristian FictionGrimrack Author:Geoffrey Wood
